The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, took opportunity at the GITEX Africa 2025 which is currently being held in Marrakech, Morocco to market the upcoming GITEX Nigeria holding in two locations. Speaking at with global key players in the IT sector, including startups and investors during a GITEX […]
Read MoreNigeria is a rising force in the global AI landscape, championing a people-first and strategy-led approach to AI development and governance. Speaking to an international audience of policymakers, technologists, and investors, at the ongoing the GITEX Africa 2025 held in Marrakech, Morocco, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa […]
Read MoreFollowing the signing of an MoU between Nigeria the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and a French company, SecDojo, Nigeria would soon be enjoying cybersecurity backup from France. The MoU is expected to offer Cybersecurity training and upskilling company with headquarters in France, to strengthen national resilience against cyber threats through targeted capacity building […]
Read MoreThirteen Nigerian startups are in all the three categories of E-commerce and FinTech, HealthTech, GreenTech for the 45 finalists of Viva Technology 2025 AfricaTech Awards. This year once again, Nigeria confirms its dynamism with the highest representation among the 56 African countries in the running. 110 Nigerian applications were received, a 70% increase over last […]
Read MoreThe National Information Technology Development Agency is seeking for inputs for the draft Technical Standards for Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), a document designed to drive economic growth, enhance public service delivery, and empower citizens across the nation. A statement by the Director, Corporate Communications and Media Relations of NITDA, Mrs Hadiza Umar said that the […]
Read MoreNigeria is encouraging African countries to fix the continent’s inadequate digital infrastructure and poor interconnectivity, which it said impedes economic facilitation in the West and Central Africa bloc Government officials and Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) leaders spoke in Abuja during the bloc’s fourth World Customs Organisation (WCO) donor’s conference. Adewale Adeniyi, comptroller-general of NCS, highlighted the […]
Read MoreWhat appears to be a life-line to leapfrog Africa’s Ai quest is just about around the corner, and that is from a declaration that offers a $60 billion Africa AI Fund to be established, leveraging public, private, and philanthropic capital. Nigeria, African Union, Smart Africa and other African countries are behind the declaration. The goal […]
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West Africa’s ICT solutions provider, Zinox Technologies Limited, has gone into a strategic partnership with the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) to provide renewable energy solutions to universities and polytechnics across Nigeria. The partnership was the result of a recent visit to TETFUND where also senior executives from both organisations convened to explore collaborative opportunities […]
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Religious groups in Nigeria are worried about how the deployment of Artificial Intelligence would affect their belief and the practice of their religion. Speaking at a press conference organised by the Nigeria Religious Coalition on Artificial intelligence (Christian Council of Nigeria, Institute of Church and Society Ibadan (CCN-ICS) and Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), group warned: […]
Read MoreGlobal tech event, Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) for the first time will be hosted in Nigeria, a deal that came through in a partnership between the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), and KAOUN International. A statement released after the inauguration of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) which comprises representatives from key public and […]
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